The DIY math nobody runs.
Every DIY job has three prices: your hours, the tools you'll use once, and the odds of doing it twice. Add them up before the hardware store does it for you.
1. Check everything on your list
2. What is your Saturday worth?
Value your own time per hour — commissions, side work, or simply what you'd pay to not spend the weekend on a ladder.
$45/hr
The DIY ledger
- Your time (9.0 hrs @ $45)
- $405
- Tools & supplies you'll buy once
- $95
- Expected redo cost (typical DIY misses)
- $77
- True DIY cost — 2 jobs
- $577
Bundle bonus
One Bleuwave visit covers the whole list — roughly $45 saved in per-job trip charges alone, plus your weekend back.
Assumptions shown in plain sight: first-timers average ~1.5× a pro's hours; redo risk reflects the share of DIY jobs that get done twice; trip savings assume one mobilization instead of many. Your actual quote is free and specific.